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First off, what is keyword analysis?

In short, keyword analysis is the process of going through a web site and identifying what the most important keywords are that will drive targeted and relevant traffic to that web site. This can be comprised of a list of top selling items, products with the best ROI, services offered, industry specific terms, or much more. There really isn’t a finite number of keywords a web site can target, but at the same time, it’s important to target keywords that help bring in the types of visitors that bring you closer to your business’ goal.

Is it any different from normal keyword analysis?

Yes! When doing keyword research for SEO, another variable must be figured in: How well the web site currently performing. More established web sites with an aged domain and strong back links are in a better position to target broad keywords, while newer web sites with little or no content are at a disadvantage and are probably better off targeting longer tail keywords. Just because two web sites are selling the same items or providing similar services, does not necessarily mean the keywords they target should be same.

Why Is Keyword Analysis Important for SEO:

Keyword analysis, if done incorrectly can be detrimental to an SEO campaign. Not only is money badly spent, but time and opportunity loss. A great method used by more and more SEOs is analyzing PPC data for top performing keywords and optimizing for those.

Types Of Keywords Worth Targeting:

New to this? Here are the type of keywords you’ll want to consider targeting:

Top Selling Products – Pick your top 3 and run with those.

Your Brand Name – Are you ranking 3rd for your company’s name? Why aren’t you first? Optimize for this term!

Top Converting Services or Products – What product or service is converting the best from PPC ads? Target this term! In time, higher organic rankings for this term should improve your quality score and help lower your CPC.

Organize Your Keywords

Select 5 broad keywords. If Google let you target 5 keywords with PPC ads and gave you the top spot free for 1 month, what keywords would you choose? These are probably the long-term goals that you’d want to do well on and can potentially bring in the most relevant traffic. These are also often the hardest to rank for. (i.e. lawyer, criminal attorney, etc.)

Further Keyword Research

1. Once you’ve made this list, drop it into the Google Adwords Keyword Tool and see what results come up. Did you miss any synonyms? If so, start refining your list to add in more terms. At this point some light bulbs should be flashing. You should now have a sense for what keywords bring in the most traffic and the ones less searched.

2. Use Google Suggestions to your advantage. What keywords are coming up? While how to optimize for these variations is another blog post in itself, this should give you an idea into terms that can bring in relevant traffic or that your competitors may be optimizing for.

3. Expanded list of useful related searches
In my previous blog post, I wrote about the expanded list of related searches Google implemented. Use this data to your advantage.

4. Amazon searches! What are people searching for and buying on Amazon.com?

Hopefully this post has provided you a basic understanding into the keyword selection and analysis process for SEO. Keyword analysis is not always the same for all web sites. User intent and search trends often also play a role into what keywords should be optimized for.